Okay. Good evening. Tonight is Monday, July 13th. This is a meeting, a regular meeting of the Minnitonka City Council. For those who are um call this meeting to order. For those who are able, please rise and join us for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Miss Saraki, please call roll. >> Kley >> here. >> Foster Bolton >> here. >> Maxwell >> here. >> Wilburn >> here. >> Calvert >> here. >> Ra >> here. >> Shaq >> here. First item is approval of the agenda. And Mr. Funk, I don't believe we have any agenda tonight. >> Good evening, mayor and council. That is correct. Uh before you this evening is the agenda as it was provided to you last Thursday and there is no agenda. So uh staff recommends approval as presented. Thank you. >> Thank you. I'd take a motion to approve the agenda. Council member Calvert. >> Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to move approval of the agenda. >> Council member Romey. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. A motion by Council Member Calvert and a second by Council Member Romey. Miss Sarak Miss Saraki. I've got it all screwed up. >> Saraki. >> Miss Saraki, please call roll. >> Kley, >> yes. >> Foster Bolton, >> yes. >> Maxwell, >> yes. >> Wilburn, >> yes. >> Calbertt, >> yes. >> Raley, >> yes. >> Shaq, >> yes. Motion carries. Um before we move on to the next agenda item, just a reminder for those of you in the audience, if there's anybody here on item um eight, citizens wishing to discuss matters not on the agenda or and we don't have any public Oh, excuse me. We do items uh 13A or B. We do have little cards in the lobby at the table for you to fill out indicating your interest in providing comments and we um will call on you if you fill out one of those cards when we come to those agenda items. All right, moving along. Approval of the minutes. We have two uh minutes. We have the June 15, 2026 study session minutes and the June 22nd, 2026 regular meeting minutes. Council member Calbertt. >> Thank you, Mayor. I move approval of the June 15, 2026 study session minutes and the June 22nd, 2026 regular meeting minutes. A council member Maxwell. >> I'll second the motion. >> Thank you. I have a motion by Council Member Calvert, a second by Council Member Maxwell. Miss Sarak Miss Saraki, please call roll. I apologize. >> That's okay. Kley, >> yes. Foster Bolton, >> yes. >> Maxwell, >> yes. >> Wilburn, >> yes. >> Calbertt, >> yes. >> Raley, >> yes. >> Shaq, >> yes. Motion carries. We're going to get it right. I I know your name. I don't know why I can't say it tonight. Apologies. All right. Next up, item six, special matters. Uh we have one special matter tonight, and that is the disability pride month proclamation. And this was a item that was always very near and dear to former mayor wearsome's heart and he would always read that. So I just want to recognize that tonight because it is a significant thing and and we really appreciate uh everything Mayor Wearsome did on behalf of those with disabilities. So I've asked Council Member Kelver to please read the proclamation. Thank you, Mayor. And it's very important to me too because my mother and my daughter worked with uh children with disabilities. My son is a parah professional in a elementary classroom with children with severe disabilities and um um many people on my husband's side of the family also worked with people with disabilities. So this is very important to me. Whereas Disability Pride Month is observed annually in July to commemorate the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, ADA, which prohibits discrimination, sets standards of accessibility in public accommodations and is widely regarded as one of the most important civil rights laws of our history. And whereas disability makes up a significant and multiaceted element of human diversity, one in four Americans nationwide and more than 1 billion people globally identify as people with disabilities. And whereas people with disabilities have historically faced and continue to face isolation, discrimination, violence, and harassment, which is often compounded by intersecting elements of identities such as race, gender, class, orientation, religion, language, immigration status, and education. And whereas people with disabilities have been and can continue to be active and resilient advocates for their own communities and needs along with the support of their allies. And whereas the city of Minnotonka strives to create a community free from systemic discrimination and interpersonal prejudice built on upon equity through its laws, policies, actions, employees, and commissions. celebrating culture, community. Um, the ADA is only a starting point. There remains significant progress to be made in ensuring a truly equitable, accessible, and inclusive community for all. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Minnotonka City Council does hereby declare the month of July as disability pride month in the city of Minnitanka. Thank you, Council Member Calbertt. Item seven is reports from city manager and council members, Mr. Funk. >> Again, thank you, mayor. Good evening, council. A couple things for you this evening. First, I want to just talk quickly about a couple of recognition awards that the city received recently. Uh the first being the GreenStep recognition. Uh, Minnitanka earned our recognition for the seventh consecutive year and this is for the highest level of the green cities program that is managed through the League of Minnesota cities. Uh, the city of Minnitak reported more than 100 communitywide sustainability metrics for 2025. And so really proud of our staff, proud of the city for our efforts and focus on our environmental initiatives and the work that we're doing uh internally and with the council on that uh initiative. I do want to mention that as council, I know you know this with our city of excellence award regarding our drones as first responder programs. We're going to save that for another night uh until we get a little more information from the league. Uh we did receive a $1,000 check as well. that hasn't come. But once we get all that, we'll have more of a formal presentation uh regarding that. Also, they want to mention uh some playground equipment improvements. Every year we are uh upgrading playground equipment in our parks. As you know, we have over 50 parks here in the city of Minnitonka. Replacement is underway at Sunrise Ridge and Wilson Park. And our new equipment includes updated play features, ADA accessible elements, and improved play spaces play spaces. And so appreciate the work of our public works staff as we're looking to upgrade those parks. There could be some closures uh regarding that work because we're we're tearing out old equipment and bringing in new. So there will be some temporary closures while that work uh continues. And then Summerfest, uh you know, we haven't had a meeting now for a couple weeks. I do want to uh first say a shout out to our staff, uh particularly our rec staff. Uh Sarah Westy, who is our assistant rec director, is our lead staff member on that and spends a great deal of time really preparing for Summerfest. and it's really involving so many other departments. And so I I want to say Sarah Westy is certainly our lead, but certainly a kudos to our police department, public works, admin, uh sustainability. So a lot of staff presence to make that event um happen. More than 4,000 attended the event and so really good turnout. Uh and again, we always highlight the year with fireworks and I I just have to say they are amazing. It's an amazing show and and uh for those that didn't get the chance to see it, come next year because we'll give you a chance uh in 2027. And then also want to mention that the recck department raised over $1,000 for the youth scholarship fund. We do that every year as a way to help uh disadvantaged youth pay for programming. And so they raised over $1,000 through the sale of light glowup sticks. And so our efforts on staff again to ensure that we're raising funds for those. anyone in our community can participate in our programming. Then I want to mention our Opus Station Park. As we are gearing up for design of our Opus Station Park, staff has begun outreach for the Opus Station vision plan. Uh we've had a presence at the farmers market and will continue to do so. Engagement will help uh ensure uh residents understand the Opus area, what we're doing, and then soliciting some insight and feedback as we prepare for that uh eventual planning effort. And then last, just want to mention our tree inspectors are being trained to perform hazardous and sighteline assessments. Uh just with everything happening with oakwilt, Dutch elm disease, we're doing really a street by street uh evaluation using our GS and other technology tools. This will really help uh support our operations and really doing some data collection around the impacts and and monitoring our overall tree health. So, a lot of activity happening here in the city. And with that, mayor and council, turn it back to you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. funk. Yes. Lots going on and we had a few weeks off so lots to catch up on. Council, anything you'd like to share? Council member Calbertt. Thank you, Mayor. Um, so I serve on the um energy, environment, and natural resources committee for the National League of Cities. And they have a conference for board members and people that serve on the policy advocacy committees. I was in Louisville for several days uh this week and um we had many um very interesting um sessions and also updates from the National League on issues ranging from public safety to um changes in federal policy and um uh housing and affordable housing. Um but on my committee um we um had various sessions on urban tree canopy um uh water treatment um uh data centers is a a huge topic and one of the things that um uh was brought to light that um many people hadn't really thought of is um who's responsible for decommissioning data centers and how important it is to uh get it in writing before you sign up on a data center. And also the fact that in the in the desert in the United States where the temperatures are soaring in places like ma Mesa, Arizona where just a few years ago they had no data centers, they now have 17 and it has raised the ambient temperature by 4°. So there are um issues that uh come to light and that's why I go to these conferences because you it's hard to uh get that data sometimes um and we share a lot of information. So uh a lot of really information good information about um the good, bad and ugly of um data centers. We also learned about reclaiming um landfills and turning them into beautiful botanical gardens and um reclaiming industrial areas along um the riverfront for um beautiful wide parks. So, um, learned a lot, um, that we could apply here in Minnetonka and, um, it's just a tremendous honor to be there. And we started our conversations around, um, the federal, uh, policy resolutions that we want to bring forward to our federal legislators. So, um, if there's something that's important to you, um, please get in touch with me and my information is on the website and, um, I can always, if it's environmental or about energy or natural resources, I can bring it forward to my committee. >> Thank you, Council Member Calbert. Anybody else? Council member Kley. Thank you, Mayor. I just want to um remind folks about water safety. um this Fourth of July weekend, I know that um four people drowned in Minnesota in our lakes. Um according to the news and one of my um a church that I attended, the pastor's sons drowned in Chan Hansen >> and he was 36 years old and I know that family pretty good. And so I just want to remind folks about safety, making sure that you wear your life jackets, making sure that you're not on the water and you've been using chemicals, drinking or, you know, using other chemicals, whatever it may be. Just making sure that um you are being safe on the water because the water is very serious. And even the best swimmers, I've seen it happen time and time again. and you know he was on a kayak and was wasn't wearing his um life jacket and this unfortunate tragic happened and so I just want to remind folks about that and then also um with it being disability month also want to thank the staff our city staffs um particular um the rides that were being um given back and forth on the four-wheelers um myself I had to use the four-wheeler as well as um I got a ride um from like I think the public works um manager. He gave us a ride there and back because I promise you I had to walk so far. I was getting ready to turn turn around and go home because it was just such a far walk, but I saw the four-wheelers and they were giving rides back and forth. And I was also with my daughter's grandmother who um is wearing a um needs a heart replacement. And so she has a um I I forget what you call this machine, but it helps her with her heart. >> Oh yes. Yeah. Yes. And so um I really appreciated that because she could not walk that far. And so I just really really want to thank staff for being available and just being able to transport people back and forth because I see them just really take time and care for people and just go back and forth. So I just want to thank them for that. Um especially with it being disability month, it's really important that we make sure that we have um tools like that and you know for access for everyone. So thank you for that. >> Thank you, Council Member Kley. Uh anybody else? >> I just have a couple. Um, Summerfest was just top-notch. It's great to be there. Really fun for us to hand out medals to the kids doing the fun run and that's a real highlight, a great way to start the day. And then also um just chatting with folks and I had an opportunity to help serve beer for a while with the Rotary and staff did a great job, but also we wouldn't have any work to do if it wasn't for the residents to come out and commune with the rest of the community. So really appreciated that. Um, okay. Moving on to item eight and this is citizens wishing to discuss matters not on the agenda. This is an item isformational for the council only. We don't take any action. We'll hear you out. Please feel free to tell us whatever you'd like us to know and should it require some followup, staff will be in touch to follow up. So, um, we've just got one tonight and that is Dan. Um, Oola. Uh, oh, go come on up and state your name. I I I just can't read your writing, so please go ahead and we um limit your comments to three minutes. >> Okay. Thanks for trying. Good evening. Dan Elki. I do sales for Arborold Small Tree Company out of Plymouth. I applied for a Sisters permit here in March of 2022 and I was denied by Julie Wishnack. If any were here then it was a bunch of lies and slander and I brought it before the council. No one felt it necessary to investigate. I applied here now it's over four years. Same thing happened. I applied in March was over a month. She's accusing me of fraud. The only one guilty of fraud is her. I'm requesting an investigation. I'll yield. >> All right. Thank you. And I see some scrambling in the back there. And it looks like maybe we have another person that would like to speak again. Just please um keep your comments to 3 minutes. Please provide your name and um address or or where you live for the record and leave your card with staff over there on your way out. >> Great. >> Go ahead. >> Thank you. So, hi. My name is Kelsey Hambor and I'm a constituent currently residing on Forest Road in Minnetonka, the address that I've lived at happily for over 26 years. Um, I'm here today to speak in support of a humane pet store ordinance and no pun intended, I'm hoping this council will be uh willing to adopt and pass this language. We're fortunate that this is currently how our pet stores operate here in Minnotonka. We simply want to prevent a problem from happening, hence the ordinance that we're introducing here today. Um, a humane pester ordinance like this is a policy that nearly 500 localities across 32 states have enacted, including 18 in Minnesota, most recently Maplewood, New Hope, and Mound. These laws are enacted primarily because puppy selling stores enable inhumane puppy mills. Large-scale commercial breeders who put profits far ahead of animal welfare. Dogs can come from cages so small that the animals have only three inches of space on either side with wire floors and no access to the outdoors. Breeding mothers are bred continually without rest and are often killed at the end of their breeding cycle. These puppies are often sick because of the conditions they come from, which can cost unsuspecting consumers hundreds or thousands of dollars. In fact, a report released this year from Florida Attorney General shows that consumers who buy sick dogs from pet stores and fall victim to slick sales tactics and predatory loans are negatively impacted to the tune of 25.1 million a year. We know of a woman here in Minnesota who is currently suing a pet store. She purchased a dog, spent roughly 7,000 on vet bills, and the dog was dead within six days of her purchase, six days of her purchase. I would urge your support uh here and would be happy to talk with you more about this ordinance. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you. I saw some other activity back there. I just want to make sure everybody who had uh wanted to speak on this item on the agenda has had an opportunity. All right. Think so. Moving on. Item nine is bids and purchases and we have none. Item 10 is the consent agenda items requiring a majority of vote. The consent agenda reflects items that are routine in nature and are able to be passed in one vote. Anybody has the opportunity to pull a consent agenda item and to be discussed further and council or the audience can do that. So we tonight we have three items. Consent agenda item 10A agreement within agreement related to homes within reach. Consent agenda item 10B, resolution appointing election dut judges and absentee ballot board for the August 11th, 2026 state primary election and item C, metroransit contract extension. Uh, any items that you'd like to pull? Otherwise, I would take a motion. Uh, Council Member Wilburn, I move acceptance of consent agenda items 10A, 10B, and 10 C. And and a second. Council member Calvert. >> Thank you, Mayor. I second. Uh, I have a motion by council member uh council member Wilbur and a second by council member Calbertt. Miss Saraki, please call roll. >> Kley, >> yes. >> Foster Bolton, >> yes. >> Maxwell, >> yes. Wilburn, >> yes. >> Calbertt, >> yes. >> Raley, >> yes. >> Shaq, >> yes. Motion carries. Now we're on to item 11, which is consent agenda items requiring five votes. The same is true about these except for they require five votes. Uh they're considered to be routine in nature, but anybody who would like to can pull one of the items. Item A is a resolution authorizing the execution of the grant agreement between Metropolitan Council and the city of Minnitonka for the 2026 through 2028 water efficiency grant program. And B is items concerning Excel Energy line 0734. Council member Calvert. Thank you, Mayor. Um I would like to pull item 11B just for some two uh questions. Okay, let's address 11A. So, I would take a motion to approve 11A. Council member Maxwell, >> I'll make a motion to approve item 11 A. >> Thank you. And Council Member Romey, >> I'll second. Great. I have a motion by Council Member Maxwell, a second by Council Member Romey. Miss Saraki, please call roll. >> Kley, >> yes. >> Foster Bolton, >> yes. Maxwell, >> yes. >> Wilburn, >> yes. >> Calbertt, >> yes. >> Ra, >> yes. >> Shaq, >> yes. Motion carries. Okay, coming back to item 11B. Uh, Council Member Calbertt. >> Thank you, Mayor. Um, I had been talking to Mr. Funk this morning. Um because this is a uh this item for those of you that haven't read the packet has to do with um us uh getting new power poles uh along uh about a 10mi stretch uh that runs through Minnetonka and it they have reached the end of their useful life. Um, so it's a good time to replace them, but we also have a a priority in the city about um burying utility lines um especially if we have a road project or trail project. And I I know that there were some um very productive discussions about um making sure that certain things happened um with Excel Energy during this project. But can you talk a little bit about um why we're not burying more of these uh lines? And um the the other question has to do with um there's a big transmission pole that's being replaced I believe um on the corner of Williston and Minnetonka Boulevard. Um and it's being moved I think 72 73 feet closer to the road. And I was just wondering generally most of the lines are being moved uh further from the road because of um it it just makes it easier when we do construct trails and we can protect the existing infrastructure. So I just wanted you to address those two things. >> Sure. Council member Calbert, Mayor and Council, and I'll let Miss Wishnack jump in too if anything I miss. You know, these are distribution lines, so these are much um higher voltage lines. And so generally what we've heard from Excel is these are very difficult to bury because they're primarily transporting to the neighborhoods. And so you know a lot of what they've told us over the years is when you bury things like this there's a heat transfer. Um it's not as safe when they're underground. There's certainly a lot more to them. And so generally that's why they don't bury these and they are above ground. So if they're above ground they're able to cool easier. And then you know if people are digging if you were to hit something like this is an incredibly high amount of electricity. So that's primarily the reason um as far as the pole access in that location. Um our folks have gone through everything and looked at some of it has to do with spans and different things and how we place them. Um the new poles we've looked out for utilities and so one of the main things we looked at uh when we went through everything is anything buried under the ground. We need to make sure that we're in a clear zone from that. So water main, sanitary sewer, storm sewer. So if one of the locations is close to that, it could be currently close to that. But we try to make sure with that we move it to somewhere safe. >> Thank you. >> I think the only thing I would add uh if mayor if I could um I think when we were talking about undergrounding there is just a huge span on this line uh where we're in a big wetland area. So actually probably could be more damaging to the wetland to try to bury in that specific area. And I'm talking kind of north of city hall here and as you get over the creek. So, that can be a consideration as well. Thank you, mayor. >> Thank you. And I know council member Foster Bolton, go ahead. >> And I was wondering um if if there's a way to have a point of contact from Excel, like actual person with an actual number. Um I know in the packet it said that people were to contact Excel. That in the past has not worked. Um, and so I would really I wonder if that's a possibility and and I can see at the end of the packet there there have already been some problems. So, um, >> if I may, Miss Wishnack, yes, please. >> Thank you, Mayor and Council Member Foster Bolton. Um, I think this line and like the last line we had the replacement on, there is a specific construction management plan like we do with development projects. So, uh, we hope that people wouldn't have to call the general line, that we have somebody specifically assigned to this project, which they reassured us, um, at the planning commission that would happen. We have a specific person, their cell phone information, and they're managing the construction, not just a general number. So, hopefully that would um address the concerns. I think I would just share the experience in the last replacement, we actually did not have uh complaints or construction issues with the line. So that gives me some um confidence that u there is reaction and there is response to uh whatever issues do arise. However, we're the fall back, right? If somebody has a problem, call city hall. We will find the right people to talk to. So, thank you, Council Member Romey. Thank you, Mayor. Um I spoke with Mike about this this Mr. funk about this this morning and um just wanted to follow up making sure that I understand there was a letter in the packet from some residents and it wasn't clear to me like when these the contacts had happened or you know does this resident have recourse they said they have contacted Excel hasn't been satisfactory for them um response so what can be done for in those cases >> where there is a contact and >> right >> yeah Miss Wishnack. >> Thank you, Mayor and Council Member Romele. I think that letter was written maybe the last maybe the last two weeks of June. There was a hearing after that. There was correspondence with that homeowner after that letter. Um as well as a conversation with the planner that was working. Um I did receive response from him that was indicating satisfaction with the answers. Um but I do we have that tag just to be watchful of what is happening um on that particular location. And if if you don't know this, but we do go out in the field uh Will's folks uh has construction engineers as well as our folks in community development go out and make sure that the sighting of these is in the actual location that is on the plan set. So there's a lot of followup yet to do. So, I want to make sure we tag that particular address to make sure we follow up back uh with him to make sure he's satisfied. So, but there was a conversation after that letter. >> Good. Well, I know he was concerned about um backing up a boat trailer, right? >> And as all of us motans, good motans know, when you back up a boat, you're not going in a straight line. You're >> kind of going this, right? Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Council, anything else on this? Otherwise, Council Member Calbertt, do you want to make that motion? >> Sure. Thank you, Mayor. Um, I'd like to make the motion to approve consent agenda item 11B concerning XL Energy Line 0734. >> Thank you. And a second, Council Member Maxwell. >> I'll second the motion. >> I have a motion by Council Member Calvert, a second by Council Member Maxwell. Miss Saki, please call roll. >> Kley, >> yes. Foster Bolton, >> yes. >> Maxwell, >> yes. Wilburn, >> yes. >> Calbertt, >> yes. >> Ra, >> yes. >> Shaq, >> yes. Motion carries. Thank you, staff, for taking the time on that to talk through it. All right. Item 12, introduction of ordinances, and we have none. 13, public hearings. Uh 13A resolution approving vacation of a existing storm water easement at 1934 Oakland Road and 2000 Indian Road West. Miss Wishnack, >> actually I'll take this one, Mayor. >> Oh, apologize. >> Oh, no problem. >> Didn't click on that, Mr. Manchester. Go ahead. >> No problem. So before you you've seen this item a few months back. So, this is a resolution to uh approve vacation of the easement on Oakland and Indian Road West, but we'll give you some information on the reason it's back to you. So, the recommendation tonight is a motion to adopt the resolution vacating the easement. Um, as you recall, uh, this is the property location. It's right off of Oakland and Indian Road West. It's two properties in that area. So, in March, uh, council did approve a plat amendment, uh, to allow, uh, the pool and accessory structure. Since that time, uh, Lake West Development, who's here tonight, um, is now requesting a vacation due to some redesign, um, in the area. It's not a major change, uh, from our perspective, but this is certainly something we wanted council to make sure to look at. As you can see on your screen now, there's a yellow highlighted area that was the the current easement that's in place at this time following the previous item. Um in this drawing you can see there's two yellow boxes very similar to the previous um that is the request to for the new location. So um it's required um for the storm water in the area. The revision wouldn't have a net impact on trees. Um so it doesn't change anything from your previous approval, but it's certainly something we wanted to get in front of you. Uh a public hearing is required for an easement vacation. So that's something council would need to do this evening. And then I'll keep it short. Um it it'd be a motion to vacate this easement. There is a condition in the resolution certainly prior to any uh new easements taking place uh before this would be vacated similar to last time. So with that, I'll turn it back to the mayor and council for any questions. >> Thank you, Mr. Manchester. Uh council, any questions on this? All right, this is a public hearing, so we'll open the public hearing. And I do have one card here of somebody that would like to speak. But first, I'll invite the if the applicant wants to say anything, please feel free to come on up. You don't need to. >> Good evening. Um this is Kelsey Thompson with West Development. Um as uh Will stated, um this is just because we moved the property line. So, the storm water easement is just following the new property line. Just wanted to clarify that. Thank you. >> Thank you. All right, Mr. Ringhoffer, come on up. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Um, I live on Indian Road West and I just want to make sure that this is adequate in terms of the drainage by moving the storm sewer. there still continues to be occasionally where there are water issues on on Indian Road just a little further down from that area and so I was just concerned that this may not be sufficient. Uh the home that's being built on Oakland Road is on a pretty significant hill and early when they early on in the construction when they removed a lot of the trees and things there was a lot of water that ran down into the property at 2000 uh Indian Road West. I don't know if all of that has been resolved, but I just want to make sure that it is. Um, the other thing about this construction of this property, it seems that it just keeps changing and kind of shifting that there's something else. I think it's been in progress for I'm guessing at least a year and a half and maybe longer. Um, so it's been long. there continues to be where um construction vehicles are parked on Oakland Road and people have to slow down or go around them and some of the parking continues on Indian Road. So, it's just been a lot of time with uh with issues that do affect kind of the neighborhood. And the last thing I'll say is that trees continue to disappear. Um there were probably at least a dozen Austrian pines which are pretty unusual uh in Minnotonka. They're in various areas and this was a great stand of trees that was there. I think when I looked in the last few days, it's down to maybe a half a dozen that are that are left and I think probably the remaining couple that were in front of the house have kind of they've gone in in probably in the last month or less that they've disappeared. So, so just generally a lot of issues with kind of the construction, but then just wanting to make sure that this is they're doing what's supposed to be done and that it'll be adequate for the storm sewer things. >> Thank you, Mr. Rhoffer. Appreciate it. All right. Anybody else uh wish to make any comments on this item? Not seeing any. I'll close the public hearing and then turn to staff on if I guess the two points on just the water management and then tree removal and maybe just general project management. So Mr. M truster, you want to start? >> Yeah, I can start. Uh, mayor and councel, certainly the storm water management, you know, this meets the requirements. We have our folks take a look at it. uh we check it in the field as well. So, we're comfortable with that. Um it, you know, certainly if there's a road issue, this wouldn't fix anything in addition to that, but we certainly look at that as we make sure the requirements are met. So, uh we're comfortable with that and maybe Miss Wishnack can speak to the other. >> Sure. Thank you. Uh mayor and councel, I had not heard that complaint before, so I would like to investigate what the statements were and see if there's accuracy to what was being said. So, thank you. >> Great. So, the message is we'll Thank you and we'll look into that. Exactly. Thank you. Excellent. Uh, so we'll I think we've addressed the questions. So, Council Member Rome, you have >> just a quick question. Is there any um kind of guidelines in terms of length of time that construction can take place? Um, you know, hear this a lot. So, yeah, just wondering, >> Miss Wishnack. Thank you, mayor and council member Romele. Um, it's 180 days from your last inspection, so sometimes that can go a little bit longer than people expect. So, it can drag on. Um, I would agree. Sometimes it takes longer than we would like, but yes, there uh the site is in compliance. It's not beyond that 180 days. So, all right. Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Wish Council. Any uh comments or otherwise we would take a motion to approve this? Council member Romey. >> Thank you, Mayor. I'll make the motion to adopt the resolution vacating the easement. >> And a second. Council member Calvert. >> Thank you, Mayor. I'll second. >> Uh I have a motion by Council Member Rome, a second by Council Member Calbertt. Miss Saraki, please call roll. >> Kley, >> yes. >> Foster Bolton, >> yes. Maxwell, >> yes. >> Wilburn, >> yes. >> Calbert, >> yes. >> Romey, >> yes. >> Shaq, >> yes. Motion carries. Thank you everybody. Um, next item 13B, on sale wine and on sale 3.2% malt beverage liquor licenses to Runes Savories LLC at 17585 State Highway 7. And now I'm confident this one's you, Miss Wishik. >> Thank you. Thank you, mayor and council. This is, as you said, Rune Savories. Uh they would like to open uh the food service and the liquor service at the pickle ball court. Uh so Mega Pickle has a space for this. They did have a restaurant uh and liquor offerings for a while. It lasted about a year and then that went away. And so this would be a new vendor for the property. So this is the initial hearing and opening of the hearing and then you'll continue it and then we'll come back to you in August and let you know our findings and on our background etc. So with that mayor I'll turn it back to you. Great. Thank you. Um council any questions for Miss Wishnack on this? Okay not seeing any. I'll open the public hearing and I know we have the applicant here so I'm going to invite him to come on up. Welcome. Hi >> there. You guys, I'm uh Run Johnson, uh Johnson, sorry, founder and owner of Rune Savory. So, um as Julie outlined there, you know, we're coming into this as our commercial kitchen and opening a place to sell to the public there, um and grow operation. And part of it working with the owners of Mega Pickle Ball, realized, you know, a responsible place to have a drink outside of, you know, a plane would be a good spot, then pairing that with good food. So we're excited about the opportunity. Um as a uh brand we're in at the state fair now. So we just found out this week so or couple weeks but announced last week. So really excited about that. So we're a proud Minnesota mana residence. I graduated from Mitanka in 2013. So we're happy to grow here and kind of make men proud. So we're excited about the opportunity and thanks for having us. >> Excellent. Well congratulations on all your success. It sounds like you're you're you've got a great trajectory. All right. Anybody else? Um the the public hearing is open. Not seeing any. Um our action tonight is to continue the public hearing to August 10th uh 2026 for final consideration. Unless there are any concerns tonight, council, I would take a motion to continue the public hearing. Council member Calbertt. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to make the motion to uh continue the public hearing to August 10th for final consideration. Council member Romey, I'll second the motion. >> Excellent. I have a motion by Council Member Calvert, a second by Council Member Romey. Uh Mr. Aki, please call roll. >> Kley, >> yes. >> Foster Bolton, >> yes. >> Maxwell, >> yes. >> Wilburn, >> yes. >> Calbertt, >> yes. >> Rome, >> yes. >> Shaq, >> yes. Motion carries. All right. Um, before we move on to item 14, I'm going to turn it over briefly to Mr. Funk, who just missed an item on his notes for his reports from city manager. >> Yeah. Again, thank you, Mayor Shack. I'll make this brief. Um, as the mayor mentioned, I missed one last item I under my reports, and that is to recognize two of our ACE interns that are with us this evening. Uh the city has a strong internship program and in addition to that we have our ACE intern program. So they're two separate programs. I just turned over to our assistant city manager Miranda Domen who manages the ACE program with the city of Hopkins. It's been a collaborative effort between the two cities uh and the Hopkins school district the last number of years. We're excited to have our ACE interns with us. And so with that, Miss Dama, if you want to provide some just be brief background on our two interns here this evening. >> Thanks a manager Funk. Um we're happy to welcome two of our um we call it it's advanced career opportunities for short. We call it ACE interns um to the council meeting this this evening. They're sitting right here if you guys want to wave. Um so we do have eight throughout the city. Two are with us this evening. As a reminder, our ACE program is our joint partnership with the city of Hopkins. I think Richfield is is in it this year as well. and it's a youth employment program that offers people ages 16 to 24 paid summer internships and professional development experiences. So Cameron Foil, he just graduated from Edina High School. He'll be going to Mallister this fall. He's undecided on what he wants to study and is working with public works this summer in a variety of areas including engineering, natural resources, parks, streets, and utilities and facilities. Soya Lee. So Soya attends Hopkins High School and is interested in going to college at Carlton and is working with the administration department this summer. Um specifically under senior management coordinator Sarissa Saraki on projects that include topics around volunteering in the city boards and commissions and the strategic plan. So these interns are with us for eight weeks this summer and it's been fun um to witness the buzzing energy around the office and I want to thank them for their willingness to come out on a Monday evening. this is not their normal hours of working um to learn more and join us this evening. So with that, Mary, I'll turn it back to you. >> Excellent. Thank you both and welcome and we're very glad to have you here and feel free to reach out to any of us if you want to learn more about our roles uh on behalf of the city. All right, so we are going to we've got a little bit of procedural finagling that we have going on here. So item 14, other business 14A is closed meeting to discuss labor negotiation strategies pursuant to Minnesota statute section 13D.03. And I will read our statement about going into closed session. The Minnesota open meeting law allows for the city council to close a meeting to discuss labor negotiation strategy. To do so, the council must decide by majority vote in a public meeting to hold a closed session for the purpose of considering strategy for labor negotiations. For tonight's purposes, the closed session will occur on July 13, 2026 at we will uh as soon as should I just give it 10 minutes or should I have read this after? Sorry. Sure. Um, mayor, I I think it probably would have been best to recess the regular city council meeting, convene the EDA, address the EDA agenda item, and then reconvene the council, and then and then do the the invocation for the close session. >> Okay. Should we should we do that? Should we >> I I think I think you can, and I I I would >> Okay. So, we'll pause on this. We'll start over. So, we are going to uh recess the council meeting. So, I need for the purposes just to be clear with the reason we're kind of working a little bit out of our ordinary c course. We have a short EDA meeting. We don't need staff to stick around and wait for us to finish our closed session. So, we're going to uh recess this meeting, pick it back up, go into close session, pick you get it. Okay. So, let I would take a motion to recess the meeting at this point. Uh, Council Member Calvert. Thank you. I make the motion to recess the current city. >> Okay, great. Thank you. And a second. Council member Wilburn. >> I will second. >> I have a motion by Council Member Calbert, a second by Council Member Wilburn. Mr. Rock, you please call roll. >> Kley, >> yes. >> Foster Bolton, >> yes. >> Maxwell, >> yes. >> Wilburn, >> yes. >> Calbertt, >> yes. Rome. >> Yes. >> Shaq. >> Yes. Motion carries. All right. We have recessed the council meeting and now we are going to open the meeting. I'm going to open my >> EDA meeting. >> The EDA meeting. So, tonight is still Monday, July 13th. This is a meeting of the Minnotonka Economic Development Authority. I will call this meeting to order. Miss Saraki, please call roll. >> Maxwell >> here. >> Wilburn >> here. >> Calbertt >> here. >> Rome >> here. >> Kley >> here. >> Foster Bolton >> here. >> Shaq >> here. Item three is approval of the agenda. Uh, Miss Wishnack, no changes. All right. I would take a motion to approve the agenda. Council me or Commissioner Romey. Uh, motion to approve the agenda. Uh, Commissioner Maxwell, >> I'll second the motion. >> I have a motion by council or commissioner Romey, a second by Commissioner Maxwell. Miss Saki, please call roll. >> Maxwell, >> yes. Wilurn, >> yes. >> Calbert, >> yes. >> Raley, >> yes. >> Kley, >> yes. >> Foster Bolton, >> yes. >> Shaq, >> yes. Motion carries. Item number four is approval of minutes for a uh the March 9th, 2026 EDA minutes. Take um Council Member Cal or Commissioner Calbertt. Thank you, Madam President. I move approval of the March 9th, 2026 EDA meeting minutes. Commissioner Wilburn, >> second. >> I have a motion by Commissioner Calvert, a second by Commissioner Wilburn. Missi, please call roll. >> Maxwell, >> yes. Wilburn, >> yes. >> Calbert, >> yes. >> Rome, >> yes. >> Kley, >> yes. >> Foster Bolton, >> yes. >> Shaq, >> yes. Motion carries. Item five, uh 5A, agreement related to Homes Within Reach, Miss Wishnack. Thank you. Uh President and Commissioners, uh we do have just a renewal of our contract with uh Homes Within Reach. Um if you're here for a while, you know that we do this from time to time. We actually put a new section in there called automatic renewal. So, uh there's an automatic renewal unless uh notices for um pulling out of the contract happen. Uh this is to document kind of the years of 250,000 is sitting there ready for use between 2024 and or actually 2023 till the current uh year of 2026. So, you've allocated those funds. They have not been used. this contract shares with the council and the organization how to direct those funds. So really it is quite simplistic in terms of what you're doing. Um and it is that renewal that you're acting on. Both the EDA and the city council have to be a party to this agreement because of the way the funds are expended. So with that I'll turn it back to you for any questions. Thank you Miss Wishnack. Council and or commission any questions? Not seeing any. I would take a motion to approve the agreement. Uh, Commissioner Calbertt. Thank you, Madam President. I make the motion to adopt the resolution approving an amended and restated housing services agreement for the Homes Within Reach program. Thank you. A second. Commissioner Foster Bolton. I'll second. I have a motion by Commissioner Calbert, a second by Commissioner Foster Bolton. Missy, please call roll. >> Maxwell, >> yes. >> Wilburn, >> yes. >> Calbert, >> yes. Mey, >> yes. >> Kley, >> yes. >> Foster Bolton, >> yes. >> Shaq, >> yes. Motion carries. Item six is adjournment. >> Commissioner Wilburn, >> I move adjournment. >> And Commissioner Maxwell. >> I'll second the motion. >> I have a motion by Council Member Wilburn, a second by Commissioner Wilburn. Motion by Commissioner Wilburn, second by Commissioner Commissioner Maxwell. All in favor? >> I oppose. Motion carries. All right, we are going to reconvene the regular council meeting and we left off on item 14A, which I'm just going to redo. Uh, closed meeting to discuss labor negotiation strategies pursuant to Minnesota statute section 13D.03. And we will read this. Uh the m Minnesota open meeting law allows the coun city council to close a meeting to discuss labor negotiation strategy. To do so, the council must decide by a majority vote in a public meeting to hold a closed session for the purposes purpose of considering strategy for labor negotiations. For tonight's purposes, the closed meeting will occur on July 13, 2026 at 7 6:55 p.m. in the Minihaha conference room. The public portion of the regular meeting will end following a council vote. So, here's what we're going to do. We need a motion to go into closed session. Uh, Council Member Wilburn, >> I make the motion. Oops. I make the motion to close the public meeting pursuant to minate Minnesota State Statute 13D.03 and a second. Uh, Council Member Maxwell. >> I'll second the motion. >> So, I have a motion by Council Member Wilburn, a second by Council Member Maxwell. Miss Saraki, please call roll. >> Kley, >> yes. >> Foster Bolton, >> yes. >> Maxwell, >> yes. Wilburn, >> yes. >> Yes. Wilbur, >> yes. >> You got ahead of yourself. >> Calbertt, >> yes. >> Galey, >> yes. Shaq, >> yes. Motion carries. We will go into close session. And for those of you watching in the audience or at home, all we have left in our meeting is adjournment. So, we will return back here to adjourn the meeting, but we won't have any more substantive discussions. Thank you everybody. So, we're coming back here. just to a journey, right?